As the Dallas Cowboys gear up for their second preseason game on Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens, it should be no surprise who will be the starting quarterback once again for that game.
Cowboys head coach Brian Schottnehimer said yesterday that Milton (elbow) will start for the second straight week.
Milton exited Dallas’ preseason opener against the Rams last weekend due to an elbow injury.
Still, he’s recovered and won’t miss any action as he attempts to lock down the backup quarterback job behind Dak Prescott.
The second-year quarterback completed 17 of 29 passes for 143 yards, one touchdown, and one interception versus Los Angeles before being replaced by Will Grier, while also rushing five times for 22 yards.
Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said Joe Milton will start Saturday preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens. There is no plan to play Will Grier but he will be ready. Rookie top pick and Right Guard Tyler Booker will make his preseason debut. Miles Sanders is good to go. A… pic.twitter.com/4TVQzalffJ
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Look, Milton did not look very good in the first preseason game, and sure no starters played, but this is the guy that everyone wants to take Dak Prescott job for no reason and then blame the lack of starters as to why he was awful.
Just pointing that out. Still, I hope to see improvement from his this weekend, rookie Tyler Booker will also get the start, Schotty said yesterday.
I am not looking for Milton to go out and throw for 350 yards and four touchdowns, but at least show us something. Heck, Will Grier looked better than Milton did and everyone thinks Milton is a lock to be the backup.
I know it is not a popular option, but I would let all the starters get in the first two drives of the game, good or bad.
We saw some of the best in the gameplay last week during the first preseason game of the year. I honestly think it is worth the risk that everyone is worried about.
One other thing I will keep an eye on is if the can stop committing so many penalties. It is like Mike McCarthy never left.
Dallas committed 11 penalties for 83 yards against Los Angeles, including two consecutive plays where Asim Richards was flagged for illegal formation. The coaching staff has to get players to clean up these types of penalties.
It is the same stuff every single year, but hey, who am I? Just a fan that can complain about it all because it never changes. Call me whatever you want, you know it is true.
Hopefully we will see some improvement this Saturday or I will be right back here next week talking about the same thing.
Thank you. An honest article. The test of Schotty was if the Boys would stop being the most sloppy team . Failure. The worst was Schotty never looked angry as the team committed penalties a 7th grade team does not do. Line up offsides twice in a row? Ceedee in the referee lane? Junior high coaches would explode on the team for less. Really, if you commit 11 penalties a game , nothing else matters because you will lose. Milton has no accuracy. The defense line is made of players who do not care for anything but pass rush. But no team that plays such sloppy ball wins . Dak drags this sorry group as far as possible …and gets zero credit for that..but Schotty is showing he cares even less than McCarthy as he just keeps his deadpan look while the team does dumb things.
I think had Jimmy Johnson been coach would have cut Richards for such stupidity. I have no idea if he ws pulled from the game but he should have been. Jimmy cut Curvin Richards for fumbling. Sometimes, you have to remove a potential contributor from your roster to instill a little discipline in everyone else. Jimmy understood this as he was also an industrial psychologist by education. I also understand he had an incredible IQ.
Our backup QB is a disaster, reminds me of Lance. Dak is having significant recent injury history, not his fault, but if we lost him again, I would hope they lose out to see if we will have a QB drafting opportunity although we are saddled with Dak’s contract. At least a highly drafted QB would be on a rookie #1 contract. We are signed with Dak for years and he is not giving up his contract if he continues to get injured.
Lol, randomly select any junior high team that is playing on the same day as the Cowboys for comparison and I’ll bet a penalty and bone-headed play comparison would weigh against Dallas. Cut Asim!!!
Do not start Milton! Cowboys don’t need another cannon arm QB now. Remember Gary Hogeboom? The defense is still unsettled and I can’t imagine what Cooper Rush will do to it. Start Grier, he has more upside than Milton. I think we now understand why New England peddled him off. Ravens 31 Cowboys 17.